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Daniel “La Tota” Santillan was found dead this Sunday, September 22 at night at the age of 57. The driver of Saturday Passion and music producer passed away at his home in Ituzaingó. While the causes are still under investigation, the autopsy showed that He suffered from asphyxiation syndrome and 90% of his body was burned.
The preliminary autopsy report was reported by journalist Mauro Szeta on X, who also revealed that the presenter had no signs of defense.
On the other hand, the experts who inspected the body at the scene said that the victim had no injuries other than burns. In addition, the Scientific Police personnel found a bottle of flammable liquid and matches at the scene of the incident. According to the police report which he accessed THE NATIONthe presenter was found with burns caused by a possible fire.
Daniel “La Tota” Santillán was known for having been the host of Pasión de sábadolaagencia.biz
In recent years, the tropical music presenter, who was the father of four children, was accused and convicted of gender violence and threats, in separate cases. In addition, had health problems y economic difficulties. On more than one occasion, the driver spoke about your general condition. In 2017 he had his first admission to a psychiatric hospital, to which he was sent after being arrested accused of stealing merchandise from a bazaar in Vicente López. Then, in 2022, he said that I had bipolar disorder and that he had tried to hurt himself in the midst of a nervous breakdown, which is why he was admitted to a private sanatorium.
This Monday, Juan Pablo Merlo, Santillán’s lawyer, in dialogue with radio Continental gave more details of how “la Tota’s” body was found. He said that a friend had been calling him for hours, but the driver did not answer. He had even approached the house and heard the cell phone ringing inside. Together with friends, they looked for a copy of the house key and when they entered the property The former television host was found sitting in an armchair, “as if burned”.
“Last night, we were with the prosecutor to see if there was a defect. He had been complaining, according to what the relatives told me, that there was a problem, which he had told the owner. We don’t know whether it was an accident or what really happened,” said his lawyer. Merlo also indicated that the chair where the presenter of tropical music was sitting was incinerated. “I think that was a product of the electric shock. The strange thing is that in any property the first thing that happens when there is a discharge is that the thermal cut-off goes off. He was downstairs and upstairs there is an air conditioner that looks like it has caught fire,” added the lawyer.
Asked if he believes that Santillán could have committed suicide, Merlo said that no hypothesis is ruled out.. “For us, from what we understand, it could have been an electrical problem, but nothing is ruled out. The issue of the illness he had [bipolaridad, según detalló el abogado] You never know. I had a therapeutic companion from Monday to Friday,” he said.
Ricardo Daniel Carías, better known as La Tota Santillán, He was born on August 1, 1967, in the Mendoza town of San Martín. He began his career as a young man, when he started performing in dance clubs and events, where he began to be recognized in the musical environment.
During the 90s he came to television, where he established himself as the host of programs linked to music, such as cumbia television series. Tropical passion y Saturday PassionHe is remembered for having introduced various artists of the tropical genre, such as Rodrigo “El Potro” Bueno and Walter Olmos. He was also music producer and he recorded several albums of that genre.
He also participated in theater works, such as Poor, but almost honest and Until the laughter stops. He was also in the first two editions of Singing for a dream.
In 2023, he was sentenced to five and a half years in prison accused of exercising gender violence against his ex-partner. Only Flasksmother of his two minor daughters. However, Santillán was not imprisoned because the sentence was not final. The television host had been found guilty of the crimes of “threats aggravated by the use of weapons, minor injuries aggravated by having been committed within the context of the couple and by the mediation of gender violence” to the detriment of his ex-partner and his daughters during their relationship and after the separation.
In addition, he was convicted of “threats” cagainst his ex-father-in-law, for the “theft” of the cell phone of who was then his accountant and for “Coercive threats aggravated by compelling a person to leave his or her habitual residence or place of work“to the detriment of an employee of his ex-partner.
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